One of the more frustrating aspects of publishing an electronics industry magazine is trying to figure out just what a company is saying in a press release. This problem is often compounded and confounded by the use of obscure or made-up-on-the-spot acronyms that are very meaningful to the product manager ...

Different businesses respond differently to difficult economic situations. Today's down economy means that fewer companies advertise in print, and that means our total pages are down dramatically from a year ago.